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· Private foundation

Shelton H Short Jr Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
68
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$3.7MHuman Services$1.8MHealth$1.0MHousing & Shelter$902kYouth Development$700kArts & Culture$666kCommunity Improvement$410kFood & Nutrition$260kOther$0
02FY2024 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARITAS$50,000
CHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INC$40,000
DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL$40,000
CLARKSVILLE RURITANS INC$35,000
CHILDSAVERS$30,000
ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL$30,000
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$30,000
THE FAISON CENTER INC$25,000
READING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT$25,000
FEED MORE INC$25,000
COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES$25,000
GATEWAY HOMES INC$25,000
HOUSING FAMILIES FIRST$20,000
FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN$20,000
BETTER HOUSING COALITION$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%OPERATION WARM INC: $30k → 10%JACKSON FEILD HOMES INCORPORATED: $20k → 24%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $15k → 15%COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $30k → 9%NEXTUP RVA: $25k → 9%NEXTUP RVA: $25k → 9%FULL CIRCLE GRIEF CENTER: $15k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $60k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $50k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $50k → 22%AREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER IN SERVICE: $15k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $40k → 22%SHALOM FARMS: $15k → 9%ST JOSEPHS VILLA: $100k → 9%ST JOSEPHS VILLA: $50k → 9%ST JOSEPHS VILLA: $50k → 9%ST JOSEPHS VILLA: $25k → 9%NEXTUP RVA: $15k → 9%WESTMINISTER-CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $15k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $15k → 9%MEDICAL HOME PLUS INC: $15k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $15k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $15k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $50k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $50k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $20k → 22%SAFE HARBOR: $20k → 22%SAFE HARBOR: $20k → 22%SAFE HARBOR: $20k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15k → 22%SAFE HARBOR: $15k → 22%SAFE HARBOR: $15k → 22%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20k → 9%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $50k → 22%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $30k → 22%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 22%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $30k → 9%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 22%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $30k → 9%Sportable: $25k → 22%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 9%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 22%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.3M · 90 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against +32% for the ones you funded once.

90 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
51

Total granted

$9.3M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+32%

Still filing today

86%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RC
    RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $850k · revenue +51%
  • CR
    CLARKSVILLE RURITANS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $385k · revenue +37%
  • CD
    CHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $370k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +55%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • SV
    SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +110%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
2
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
3
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Chamberrva is the trusted voice for modern business in the richmond virginia region. we are change agents, rallying to do the hard things that will create a more connected, prosperous, health and equitable community.

—
4
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
5
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
6
New Schools for Virginia

New schools for virginia works with parents, students, educators and the community to improve educational outcomes by designing new schools and by supporting existing schools to improve outcomes.

Education
7
The Commonwealth Institute for

To use policy, research, and analysis to advance the well-being of Virginia communities, and improve the economic security and social opportunities of all Virginians.

Public Benefit
8
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

Working within the faith community to educate and mobilize citizen to create systemic social change for low income Virginians.

—
9
Virginia Young Mens Christian Association Inc

Board approved mission is "to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, body for all"

Human Services
10
Virginia Mentoring Partnership

Virginia mentoring partnership provides training and technical assistance to mentors and mentoring programs to increase the quality and quantity of mentoring for virginia's youth. the vision of vmp is that every child who needs a mentor…

Crime & Legal
11
Richmond Friends School Inc

Committed to providing a quality educational experience for each child, creating an environment that nurtures individual intellectual, emotional, creative, spiritual, and physical gifts within a community

Education
12
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commonwealth Catholic Charities and the most unlike its peers is Clarksville Volunteer Fire Department Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHousing and Shelter ServicesIndependent SchoolsCommunity Performing Arts C…Richmond Community Support …Volunteer Fire and Rescue S…Diverse Advocacy Organizati…Healthcare Industry Associa…Youth and Community SportsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionHealth and Wellness ServicesCommunity Support ServicesDiverse Mission Organizatio…Faith-Based Social ServicesCommunity Grantmaking Found…Virginia History & Heritage…Higher Education & Business…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr16%2%5–10yr17%20%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr13%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr17%12%10–20yr15%30%20–35yr15%26%35–55yr13%32%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/112
the rest of the field
14%
856/6,125

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

110 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 110 of the 148 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/110
Grantees still filing
86/110
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INC — $370,000 · OtherCHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INCDANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $300,000 · OtherDANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGECHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC — $250,000 · OtherCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINICGATEWAY HOMES INC — $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $170,000 · OtherBLUE SKY FUND — $145,000 · OtherLAKE COUNTRY SPCA — $200,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC — $150,000 · Other+72 more — $2,272,534 · Other+72 moreRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE — $850,000 · EducationRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGETHE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND — $500,000 · EducationTHE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUNDSt Andrew's School — $320,000 · EducationSt Andrew's SchoolANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL — $205,000 · EducationANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOLNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC — $185,000 · EducationNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INCRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC — $135,000 · EducationCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc — $100,000 · Education+15 more — $516,500 · Education+15 moreST JOSEPH'S VILLA — $245,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH'S VILLAPETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $220,000 · Human ServicesPETER PAUL DEVELO…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) — $200,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chris…FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN — $180,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS ASSOCIATI…SAFE HARBOR — $135,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBORNEXTUP RVA — $105,000 · Human ServicesNEXTUP RVACommonwealth Catholic Charities — $85,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — $77,500 · Human ServicesMEDICAL HOME PLUS — $60,000 · Human Services+11 more — $315,545 · Human Services+11 moreCARITAS — $340,000 · Housing & ShelterBETTER HOUSING COALITION — $195,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING FAMILIES FIRST — $95,000 · Housing & ShelterLIBERATION VETERAN SERVICES INC — $27,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterART 180 Inc — $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY — $85,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $75,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Museum of Richmond — $52,500 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCADENCE THEATRE COMPANY INC — $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND BALLET — $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM — $28,000 · Arts & CulturePATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureROBINSON THEATER COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER — $20,000 · Arts & CultureELEVEN PICTURES LTD — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureGoochlandCares — $115,000 · HealthPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION — $115,000 · HealthCRATER COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC — $72,000 · HealthGATEWAY HOMES INC — $50,000 · HealthLEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER — $15,000 · Health+2 more — $20,000 · HealthCLARKSVILLE RURITANS INC — $385,000 · Community Improvement
Other$4,057,534Education$2,811,500Human Services$1,623,045Housing & Shelter$677,000Arts & Culture$575,500Health$387,000Community Improvement$385,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE — $850,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND — $500,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetCLARKSVILLE RURITANS INC — $385,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetCHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INC — $370,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetCARITAS — $340,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSt Andrew's School — $320,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC — $250,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetST JOSEPH'S VILLA — $245,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $220,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL — $205,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetGATEWAY HOMES INC — $200,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) — $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE COUNTRY SPCA — $200,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetBETTER HOUSING COALITION — $195,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC — $185,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN — $180,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC — $150,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetBLUE SKY FUND — $145,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetSAFE HARBOR — $135,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC — $135,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFEED MORE INC — $125,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGoochlandCares — $115,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION — $115,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetNEXTUP RVA — $105,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc — $100,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE STEWARD SCHOOL — $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetART 180 Inc — $100,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES FIRST — $95,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY — $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCommonwealth Catholic Charities — $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — $77,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCRATER COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC — $72,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMEDICAL HOME PLUS — $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASSISTING FAMILIES OF INMATES INC — $55,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond — $52,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER INC — $50,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetJewish Family Services Inc — $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Warm Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFORE CHILDREN INC — $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC — $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF RICHMOND — $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCADENCE THEATRE COMPANY INC — $45,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND — $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLARKSVILLE RURITANS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE DISCOVERY PROJECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS ↗
  • Who funds St Andrew's School ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S VILLA ↗
  • Who funds PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) ↗
  • Who funds LAKE COUNTRY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds BETTER HOUSING COALITION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE SKY FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds FEED MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds GoochlandCares ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEXTUP RVA ↗
  • Who funds Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE STEWARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ART 180 Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FAMILIES FIRST ↗
  • Who funds THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds Commonwealth Catholic Charities ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CRATER COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Herndon FoundationRobins FoundationThe Mary Morton Parso…The Pauley Family Fou…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Dominion Energy Chari…Richmond Memorial Hea…Virginia Nonprofit Ho…The William H - John …Robert G Cabell III a…Coleman a Hunter - Ir…
The Community Foundation IncVA114.9× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Herndon Foundation · Robins Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richmond Memorial Health Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Coleman a Hunter - Irr Tr Chari

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Shelton H Short Jr Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 148 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home